Suspender-buckle.



No. 741,416. PATENTED OCT. 13, 1903 D. L. SMITH & J. J. BUCHANAN.

SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 1a. 1902..

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented October 13, 1903.

PATENT @rrrcut DWIGHT L. SMITH AND JOHN J. BUCHANAN, OF WATERBURY,CONNECTI- OUT, ASSIGNORS TO WATERBURY BUCKLE (30., OF VVATERBURY, CON-NECTICUT, A CORPORATION- SUSPENDER=BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 741,416, dated October13, 1903.

Application filed July 13, 1903. Serial No.165,214. (No model.)

To a. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, DWIGHT L. SMITH and JOHN J. BUCHANAN, of Waterbury,in the county of New Haven and State of Connectiout, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Suspender-Buckles; and we do hereby declarethe following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawingsand the figures of reference marked thereon, to be IO afull, clear, andexact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute partof this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a front View of a buckle constructed in accordance with ourinvention and applied to a suspender-web; Fig. 2, a rear view of thesame; Fig. 3, a side view of the same; Fig. 4, a front view of a bucklewith the lever raised and a portion of the web removed; Fig. 5, areverse view with the web entirely removed; Fig. 6, a side view of thebuckle with the web in position preparatory to attaching it to theframe; Fig. 7, a similar View with the lower edge of the back and lowerbar pressed together to connect the web therewith; Fig. 8, a rear Viewof a modified form of buckle, showing the'lower portion of the backprovided with two rows of teeth; Fig. 9, an end view of the lower sideof the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in suspender-buckles, andparticularly to that class in which the web is attached to a frame,extends downward therefrom to form a loop for the Suspender-end, andthence upward 5 through the frame, to which it is clamped by the lever,the object of the invention being to provide for securing the web to theframe and so as to form a very flat buckle and economize in the use ofwebbing; and the in- 0 vention consists in the construction ashereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

As herein shown, the frame 2 consists of a Wire bent to form a lower bar3, sides 4: 5,

5 and inwardly-turned ends, which may or may not meet to form a top bar6, and a back 7,

having ears 8 at opposite sides turned arbund the sides of the wireframe, which are preferably set inward. The back has 'anupwardly-extending lip 9 and a lower portion 10 extending down into linewith the lower bar 3 and is formed with gripping-teeth 11. The lever 12is pivotally connected with the top bar 6 and is formed with the usualgripping-teeth 13, which when the lever is turned downward extend towardthe lip 9, a space sufficient for the passage of the web being formedbetween the upper portion of the wire frame and the lip 9 by bowing oneor both sections. The lower portion 10 of the back and the lower bar 3are also primarily separated from each other, as shown in Fig. 6. Tosecure the web to the buckle, the free end 14 is inserted between thelower portion 10 of the back and the lower bar 3, as shown in Fig. 6.The lower portion 10 of the back and the lower bar 3 are then pressedtogether, as shown in Fig. 7, which forces the teeth 11 into engagementwith the web just above the upper edge of the lower bar 3 and firmlysecures it-to the frame. From the buckle the web extends downward, andanother portion 15 passes up between the lip 9 and top bar 6,

so as to be gripped between the lever and the lip when the lever isturned down into its looking position, as shown in Fig. 3.

Instead of forming a single row of teeth 11, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5,the lower edge of the extension 10 may be formed with a double row ofteeth 16 and 17, as shown in Fig. 9, the teeth being adapted to passabove and below the lower bar 3, so as to clamp the web thereto.

By thus constructing the buckle it will be seen that the web isconnected with the frame 8 without doubling the web over the lower bar a3, as is frequently done, thus avoiding a thickening at that point, andthe web is secured without sewing.

Having fully described our invention, what 0 we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-- A buckle comprising a wire framehaving top, lower and side bars, a sheet-metal back secured to the sidesof the frame, the upper and lower edges of the said back extending intoline with the upper and lower bars of the frame and the lower edge ofthe back provided with teeth, and a lever pivoted to the In testimonywhereof we have signed this top bar; in combination with 'a web one endspecification in the presence of two snbserib- 10 of which is clampedbetween the lower edge ing witnesses.

of the back and the lower bar of the frame, DWVIGHT L. SMITH.

5 another portion of the Web passing upward JOHN J. BUCHANAN.

between the top bar and the upper portion of Witnesses:

the back against which it is clamped by said O. H. HART,

lever, substantially as described. I l M. E. MINTIE.

